Anfield RoadMississippi St. FanLiverpool FanMember since May 20121264 posts

re: Liverpool FC 2013/2014 - Season Long ThreadPosted by Anfield Road on 10/28/13 at 4:06 pm to McRebel42

With baseball's (or any other American sports's) revenue sharing module, I doubt the prize pool is nearly as lucrative as say winning the Champions League. If FSG wanted to maximize revenue, they'd probably want it to get to game 7 for the gate receipts. That said, it would be a great year for LFC owners if the Sox can pull it off as LeBron won his back-to-back rings earlier this year. As I'm a Dodgers fan, I generally root for the NL (unless the Giants are in it) because the NL plays real baseball. I'll make an exception for this year.

the players get the majority of the payout. i'm not sure them winning the WS gives you much of an additional monetary boost from what you already have advancing this far in the playoffs. and it's unknown how much of that would actually go to Pool or the Red Sox and not FSG's pocket.

I guess I look at it more in the aspect of what winning the series will bring ($$$) you in marketing and branding. (In a somewhat local market)

Then if that extra money that usually isn't there is invested into a Liverpool (global market) what kind of returns would FSG get then by having a recent WS champion and a EPL club in the UCL ... it could mean big returns for the investment.

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quote:In January this year, Suarez clearly handled before scoring in an FA Cup tie at Mansfield. Rodgers watched the damning replay, declined to criticise the cheating and concluded: ‘It’s not deliberate, as it’s pushed up and hit his hand. It’s up to the officials to decide. That’s why they get paid as officials.’

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